Liverpool University: Some of your members may have participated in our Pet and Smallholder Pig Survey last year. We would be very grateful if you could pass on the following information to your members.

We got some interesting results which we have now published in the veterinary press. We have made a summary of these results available for you to look at on our website www.liv.ac.uk/farm/pigs

We are following up this work with another questionnaire, this time about skin disease, as this was a commonly reported health problem. We would be very grateful if you would take the time to give us information about any skin problems you have seen in your pigs over the last two years. We are interested in everything from minor problems (eg sunburn, cuts or scratches) to major diseases in which changes to the skin are a symptom of the disease.

The survey can be accessed between today and 30th September 2015 by a link at the bottom of our webpage www.liv.ac.uk/farm/pigs you can also find out more information about the survey on this website. The survey is anonymous and there is a prize draw for £40 Amazon vouchers for participants who wish to enter.